REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Modify an Existing Contract with Kimley-Horn Associates, Inc. for Temporary Personnel Services to Provide Professional Engineering Support for the Intelligent Transportation System and Authorize the City Manager to Extend the Term of the Contract
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
Staff is recommending that Council authorize the City Manager to execute a First Amendment to the contract with Kimley-Horn Associates, Inc., of Pleasanton, California, increasing the contract amount from $95,000 to $245,000 for Temporary Personnel Services to provide professional engineering services for the Public Works Transportation & Traffic Division. These additional funds allow staff to keep pace with the elevated activity generated related to the land development review process, and in support of grant funded capital improvement projects.
EXISTING POLICY
Pursuant to 2.08 of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code, City Council approval is required for contracts exceeding $100,000.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The action being considered does not constitute a "project" within the meaning of California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") guidelines section 15378(a) as it has no potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably indirect physical change in the environment.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
The Department of Public Works, Division of Transportation and Traffic has been experiencing a high volume of demand for professional development services related to the upturn in the economy and increased professional engineering support necessary for a number of grants that the City has been successfully awarded in recent years.
Development and Capital Improvement Project activities in Sunnyvale have been trending up for the past few years and are expected to continue at a high level for the next several years. This growth is represented by both new development as well as investments to modernize existing older buildings and structur...
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